Chapter 157: The First Foundation
Zhang San thought about not caring about anything else, he must go to Jiangnan after the New Year, and other things will be talked about when he comes back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
From the Bianhe River in Tokyo to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal into the Yangtze River to Suzhou and Hangzhou, although the road is peaceful, some small-scale water pirates must be indispensable, ships need to be guarded, and there must be inns and inns to rest and sell goods.
Zhang San's fingers circled around Hangzhou and Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and decided to either build an island in Taihu Lake or Zhoushan to plant these seeds, and set up a paper-making workshop near the south of the Yangtze River, where paper reeds, straw, bark, and so on can be used as raw materials, so many places along the Yellow River and in the south can do it.
They also had to go to Fujian to establish a sugarcane purchase channel, and then squeeze the sugar and transport it to the island to be processed into white sugar for sale. I accidentally glanced at Taiwan, and now it is still a living area, and I remember that the novels that traveled through the late Ming Dynasty were written, and large-scale immigration only began at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang San stayed in Taiwan for a while, and a crazy idea grew in his heart, occupy Taiwan! Taiwan is a godsend, Taipei has coal mines, gold mines, copper ore, saltpeter and many other important minerals.
A large amount of undeveloped fertile land, which seems to produce deerskin, and a large amount of high-quality wood. To the south is the vast Southeast Asian market, to the northeast is Japan and Korea, and to the northwest is the vast Song Dynasty Liao. ...... to the east. Forget it, I can't go now.
The most important thing is that the Great Song Dynasty has not yet included Taiwan in its rule, there are only some indigenous people on it, and no one will oppose Zhang San if he robs it, and the most difficult thing is how to get enough population.
However, Zhang San thought that the birth gang in a few years would make the people of Jiangnan unhappy, and the current contradiction between the people and land of the Great Song Dynasty is still quite acute, coupled with the population that can be collected by natural disasters, it should not be difficult to complete the initial development.
In the future, the Great Song Dynasty will continue to be war-torn and socially unstable, and there will still be many opportunities. Moreover, there is no problem at all with the fact that he has a blessed ship to sail Taiwan. Today, when the Western sail warship has not been invented, China's shipbuilding is still leading the world.
Thinking of this, Zhang San couldn't wait, and kept taking a deep breath to calm himself down, the idea of going south was indeed growing wildly, Zhang San spread out a piece of paper and wrote down the boat, people, natives, and money on the paper.
First of all, the ship, I want to buy a shipyard in Jiangnan, and it will take two years to build a big ship, and it will take a year and a half to build a big ship, so even if we go to start construction early next year, it is estimated that it will take two years to build it.
After reading the drawings of the Fu boat, Zhang San naturally thought of ways to increase the speed, such as improving the sawing process, increasing the hoisting equipment, and outfitting after launching, etc., which can reduce the time for the boat to stay in the slipway to about eight months, and the rest of the outfitting work can be carried out at the dock, but it still takes fifteen or six months, after all, it is so big.
The problem of people, Zhang San specifically asked Gan Xingtai to understand, the Great Song Dynasty couldn't help the sea, there are still a lot of fishermen on the seaside, it is still easy to recruit boatmen, and there are also many pirates on the sea, not to mention as many as cow hair, but they don't know how many hundreds of people are a force.
So in the early days, whether it was recruiting from fishermen or recruiting pirates, he could get a lot of people, but now Zhang San has so many fierce generals in his hands, find a small pirate of one or two hundred people, and a sneak attack can be done, and then there will be no manpower.
As for the aborigines of Taiwan, at this time they are just tribal groups, and there is a threat, but as long as they gain a firm foothold, then these natives are really not enough to clean up, and besides, they can also be divided and co-opted for my use.
The problem of money is not big, although Zhang San only has one or two hundred thousand guan of family property now, but with the current benefits, it is still very easy to save him tens of thousands of guan when he sets off, as long as the business in the south is spreading, the money is not rolling in.
Moreover, the ancient shipbuilding industry was not expensive, and it is estimated that the cost of a 500-ton merchant ship was only about 5,000 yuan. So Zhang San will definitely build it at that time, and even if it's not big enough, he will borrow a little from the robbery money.
Zhang San now regrets that he said too much yesterday, mainly because he didn't expect to grab so much at that time, Zhang San originally thought that it would be good to grab tens of thousands of yuan, and it would be time to subsidize the cost of building a school for himself.
Zhang San was still proud yesterday, his move won the hearts of the people, improved his image, and cultivated his own talents. But just after a day, Zhang San regretted it to death.
In fact, Zhang Sanyi already regretted it when he saw the boxes of money, but he couldn't break his word when he said it, otherwise what would the brothers think of themselves?
Zhang San had no choice but to comfort himself, fortunately, he still used it himself, but he changed his name, and it was not he who benefited at that time, and the money to win people's hearts in the future will come from that side, and he will not have to pay again. Isn't it all your own money?
Now that the next goal has been set, the top priority now is people and boats, and there is no need for innovation in river boats, so it is good to buy ready-made, and there are shipyards everywhere along the river to order a few.
People are indeed a big problem, and now these people Zhang San is really reluctant to send them out to escort the ship. What a waste. These masters, like strategic resources, are both deterrent weapons and problem-solving tools.
As for the inns along the way, it is also a problem, there are really not many people who are relieved and know how to operate, fortunately, there is no urgency in this, but the security personnel can't wait. In ancient times, bandits were rampant even in peaceful and prosperous times, so Zhang San needed escorts.
The Song Dynasty did not have a special dart game, but the prototype of such an organization has indeed appeared, some rely on business names, some are individual running gangs, in short, relying on martial arts to transport valuables, or to transport bodyguard goods for people to take care of the home. There is also the delivery of letters and so on.
Tokyo as the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty is still a lot of organizations and individuals, Zhang San thought about it, if he came forward to organize the first dart game, it is obviously not appropriate, after all, the dart game is an industry of force gathering, it is still easy to make taboos.
Zhang San thought about it for a while, called the monkey, the monkey was learning sticks at school, and when he saw Zhang San calling himself to run around, Zhang San looked at him recently learning the stick method so attentively, smiled and asked, "How are you learning recently?" ”
The monkey touched his head and said, "Brother Yang said that I am very talented, as long as I study hard and practice hard for a year or two, it is not difficult to become a third-rate master." ”
Zhang San nodded and smiled: "That's good, I'll find you a set of light body exercises in a few days." ”
The monkey smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, third brother." ”
Zhang San straightened his body and said, "I'll hand over a few difficult characters to you today." ”
As soon as the monkey saw Zhang San so formal, he became serious at the moment. Zhang San called the monkey to his side: "You look for a few well-known companies in the capital that specialize in delivering letters to people." Find a way to tell them how to dart and establish a business ....... ”
Zhang San's eyes lit up and he thought of a better way: "I thought of a better way, and I'll call you when I'm ready." You go to practice, you have forgotten about the night, you must be careful. ”